Bears General Manager Phil Emery revamped the defensive line over the off-season, mixed up some of the linebacker ingredients, and turned things over at safety, all in an effort to fix the run defense. And coordinator Mel Tucker gets to institute his way of doing things after the 2013 gash-and-bash was 26 yards per game worse than the NFL’s second-worst run defense (Atlanta). And that was 60 yards per game more than the 2012 Bears defense allowed on the ground.

Adding to the urgency to turn that part of the ball around is simply a quick peek at the running backs the Bears will face the first five weeks of the regular season. While none of the below were in the league’s top seven (which included Matt Forte), they all ranked between eighth and 19th on last season’s individual rushing chart: